David Joannes
This man in China is holding a “turn or burn” placard that says, 不信耶稣下地狱，信耶稣上天堂 translation: “You’ll go to hell if you don’t believe in Jesus but you’ll get to heaven if you believe in him.” So here’s a question for you: How has the “turn or burn” message resonated with you? Has it inspired you to follow Jesus with all your…
read moreThis is a really incredible post from Beneath Our Feet, a documentary film on persecution that, I am honored to say, has partnered with Within Reach Global. First of all, if you have not checked out the Beneath Our Feet trailer, do that first! Also, Like Beneath Our Feet on Facebook. That’s where the action is. The full length documentary…
read moreWhat are you doing right now for the kingdom of God? Are you actively involved in missional living and reaching people around you? Maybe you need a little placement, context for you to see that you are smack dab in the midst of a great cloud of witnesses. [CLICK TO TWEET] Here’s a look at those who have gone before…
read moreThe Honor Academy at Teen Mania Ministries selected me and Within Reach Global as one of the encouragers for their Life Transforming Event (LTE) in September, 2013. This event is called The ANVIL LTE, which is an acronym for The Amazing Nonstop Victorious Invincible Legendary life Transforming Event. Side note: I’ve heard some amazing acronyms before, but this one takes the cake! I…
read moreThis article was written by David Sitton, founder and president of To Every Tribe Ministries. David is a career church planting missionary who lived and worked in Papua New Guinea for 16 years, making first gospel contact with several headhunting, cannibalistic tribes. This has been re-posted at Desiring God. I chuckle when I hear missionaries say they “surrendered to the call” of ministry. I…
read more“More persecution, more growth!” Pastor Samuel Lamb grinned with delight, leaning toward us, as if he was letting us in on a well kept secret. “That is the history of the Church!” [CLICK TO TWEET] His joyful recollection of Chinese prison was startling. One might have expected a more somber reminiscence of his two decades of Christian suffering. “Almost 21 years…
read moreAs a proudly self proclaimed cross cultural Missional Starter (there may be a few others out there who also consider me a pioneer), I am coming to grips with the reality of my need for rest between exotic explorations. I have always been a go go go kind of guy. Status quo bores me. The commonplace is just so common.…
read moreEvery time I read about what happened today in missions history, it excites me to see the bigger picture, the overall narrative of what God has been doing to reach every nation. God has called simple men and women throughout history to leave a mark of his glory upon his storyline, which leads us to right here, right now, wherever…
read moreDavid Joannes is the Founder/CEO of Within Reach Global, which serves to give gospel access to unreached communities in the spiritual dead zones of Southeast Asia. He is the author of The Mind of a Missionary: What Global Kingdom Workers Tell Us About Thriving on Mission Today, The Space Between Memories: Recollections from a 21st Century Missionary, and Gospel Privilege: The…
read moreA Wa woman with teeth stained from chewing betal nut Excerpt from David Joannes’s journal while traveling among unreached people groups and villages in Southwest China. Journal entry 12.06.1999 At 6:15pm last night our 3:pm bus decided to leave. Right now we still haven’t arrived into K*****g. We’re taking a bathroom break, and everyone is peeing on the side of…
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